Face of the Future was a project established in 2005[1] by the University of St Andrews and Perception Lab, funded by the EPSRC.[2] The website contained "Face Transformer", which enables users to transform their face into any ethnicity and age as well as the ability to transform their face into a painting (in the style of either Sandro Botticelli or Amedeo Modigliani).[3][4][5] This process is achieved by combining the user's photograph with an average face.[2][6]

Face of the Future
Developer(s)University of St Andrews and Perception Lab
Initial releaseJanuary 2005; 19 years ago (2005-01)
Available inEnglish
TypeImage editing
Websitecherry.dcs.aber.ac.uk/fof/index.html

In 2012, Smithsonian Magazine recommended the site to those interested in "seeing how [they would] look in the future".[7] In 2016, The Ringer referred to the site as "a predecessor to those wildly popular weight- and aging-booth apps."[8]

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References

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  1. ^ "St. Andrews Face Transformer". Futility Closet. 30 January 2005. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  2. ^ a b West, Marc (4 December 2007). "Changing the face of science". Plus Magazine. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  3. ^ Ogura, Tamiko (2 July 2008). "Face of the Future / Face Transformer / Change the age, sex, or ethnicity of your face!". Schema Magazine. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Face of the Future: invecchiare con un clic". Sky Magazine (in Italian). 15 December 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  5. ^ Goddard, John (27 January 2010). "The many faces of race research". thestar.com. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  6. ^ Giblin, Erinna (11 October 2012). "Imagine how Lennon would look now". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  7. ^ Schultz, Colin (29 October 2012). "Some People See Their Future-Selves as Strangers". Smithsonian. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  8. ^ Mchugh, Molly (16 August 2016). "Under the Skin". Retrieved 10 August 2017.
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